tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post2639338128009790430..comments2024-03-12T04:14:16.271-05:00Comments on The Rad Trad: St. Agnes in FlamesThe Rad Tradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899289024837953345noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-77869128312081093542016-01-21T23:23:48.253-06:002016-01-21T23:23:48.253-06:00We should remember that before the 17th century th...We should remember that before the 17th century the only feast rankings were ferial, simple, semi-double, and double. Feasts of Roman virgin martyrs were usually doubles, meaning that they were full feasts that could displace Sunday (St Lucy probably isn't so she doesn't displace Advent Sundays). St Lawrence was a double with an octave and many martyrs (popes and otherwise) were either double or semi-double. The over population of the kalendar has perhaps lost this impression for people, but in prior times these feasts were very important to the people of Rome.The Rad Tradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899289024837953345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-3448335766824271312016-01-21T15:01:34.743-06:002016-01-21T15:01:34.743-06:00Ah, but many of them were, under the old rankings;...Ah, but many of them were, under the old rankings; many were doubles of second class, major doubles, or doubles, which outranked the Sundays.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395971347119256329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-86786025885126008592016-01-21T13:44:57.441-06:002016-01-21T13:44:57.441-06:00I'm surprised the saints named in the Canon we...I'm surprised the saints named in the Canon were never First Class feasts (or highly classed feasts). It would make sense to me.Marco da Vinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092410765851812842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-40736450471853694522016-01-21T12:41:10.247-06:002016-01-21T12:41:10.247-06:00One of my favorite things about the old Office is ...One of my favorite things about the old Office is that She gets sort of a second feast day on the 28th (unofficial Octave Day?) The commemoration reading at Matins that Day (Beata Agnes, parentibus ad ejus sepulcrum assidue vigilantibus...) is one of my favorite readings in the year. <br /><br />St. Agnes, pray for us!Solitary Sojourning https://www.blogger.com/profile/12091161291027576112noreply@blogger.com